What does static in static electricity mean?

Answer 1

Everything is made up of atoms and they hold electrons, protons and neutrons.

Electrons can move. Static electricity is the presence of either too many electrons

(negative charge) or too few electrons (positive charge). The movement of static electricity ...

normally called an "electric current" ... is the flow of electrons from one place to another.

Answer 2

static in static electricity is the bombardment of electron from super natural energy towards the current.it occupy a space in current cavities..thus the staticity icreases...this is the static in static electricity

Answer 3

Static means it doesn't move. This is essentially what static electricity is, a charge tht has no current. It is made by the transfer of electrons, as a pose to a cell or battery.

Answer 4

It isn't. Its an example of KINETIC electricity.

Static means standing still, stored, not going anywhere.

Lightning is certainly going somewhere !!!